#  Ayelet Shachar 

William Lyon Mackenzie King Visiting Professor of Canadian Studies

Professor of Law, Political Science and Global Affairs, University of Toronto

 

 

 



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**Research Interests:** American and comparative immigration law and policy; citizenship theory;  
borders and human rights; international and transnational law; jurisprudence and legal theory;  
and women’s rights and religious diversity.



 

 

 





 

 

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